A bit about me...

I wish I could say I was always an artistic kid but that’d be a lie. I was pretty good at most things. I got good grades in school and played on various sports teams, but being artistic was never my strength. That was until I first got my hands on a little computer program called Photoshop CS3.

Like any 12 year old kid who has access to Photoshop, I mostly made memes… But those years of creating terrible content for my sneakerhead friends and strangers on reddit gave me a foundational skill set that put me on this path.

The high school I attended offered technical programs in a variety of disciplines, and I took a mixture of I.T. and Graphic Design. The I.T. class fueled my passion for technology and I'm forever grateful to have learned so much about the technology I use everyday. In the design program, I learned how to use all of the essential Adobe applications including Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.

I attended Johnson & Wales University in Providence, RI where I honed my skills and was able to experiment creatively to explore my strengths. I learned a bit of everything including logo design, HTML/CSS, print design, brand identity design, animation, photography, marketing fundamentals, and project management. The design program was incredibly robust and rewarding. I got to work individually and on various teams with other students as well as with real-world clients.

My first job out of school was an internship at a small local marketing agency in Abington, MA. I developed a lot of important skills in my short 10 months there. The team was small, just two designers and two developers, so I gained a lot of experience and knowledge very quickly. I had my hands on every project that went out the door and interfaced with clients on a regulars basis. Most importantly, I grew thick skin and learned how to take feedback from all directions. Like every young designer, I kind of thought I knew everything. I was quickly able to put my ego aside and just listen in order to achieve the best possible results in the end.

Shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic I landed a job at iRacing, a motorsports videogame developer. I knew nothing about racing going into this role, and quickly found that I absolutely love it! As a life-long gamer and car enthusiast I found myself getting lost in the game and playing for hours on end. This only made the work more rewarding to have such a strong connection to the product.

I started out in marketing doing a ton of digital design work. I made logos, landing pages, banner ads, etc. As time went on, I took on more and more projects and responsibilities. I took the design lead on the rollout of our new forum software, grew our eSports presence through social media strategy and improved website design, managed and hired other creatives on a small in-house design team, and eventually helped form a new cross-department user experience team where I now do the bulk of my work improving our customer experience across the entire iRacing product.

That's my dog, his name is Koios and he's my buddy. My girlfriend and I rescued him from Aruba after we went on vacation there towards the end of 2021 and saw the sheer number of strays on the island. He's a Rhodesian Ridgeback and Belgian Malinois mix that loves to come on hikes with us. Fun fact: shortly after that photo was taken he broke free of his harness and took off down the trail to go say hi to another hiker!